When they state that a CD can last 100 years its the transparent plastic layer they talkin about not the coating that the data is burned into. Its very easy to remove it, almost childs play. Please excuse me now I have to go find all my jewel cases.....
Feroze ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 8:07 PM Subject: Re: damaged negs/artwork > > That's really too bad. Most people aren't aware that unlabeled CDs have no > > real physical protection on their backs. The substrate that stores the data > > is held in place by a relatively thin and fragile layer of resin. I always > > put > > a label on any data CD I'm going to be handling a lot. (I've also managed > > to rip > > the resin right off a CD trying to reposition a label that was partially > > adhered > > to a CD (luckily I hadn't deleted the data from my hard drive). When > > handled with > > enough care CD's can maintain data for a very long time but I've found they > > need to > > be given care somewhere between the way you'd handle an Vinyl LP and a book > > you wished > > to keep in good condition. > > > Peter, > I'm going to try to pay attention to this good advice. I'm afraid I'm one of > those people who treat CDs as though they were indestructible. Not a good > habit, I'm coming to realize. > > --Mike > >
